A line of thunderstorms has developed. This line was located from Sioux City to just east of Beatrice Nebraska. None of these storms are severe as yet. However a few of the storms are beginning to show hail cores, especially in SE Nebraska and NE Kansas where there is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect. …

A few showers continue to occur across Iowa this afternoon. A tenth of an inch is possible with any of these showers as they move to the NE. Most of the scattered showers were along a line extending from Charles City to Lamoni. Thunderstorms will develop later this afternoon to the west and push into …

There is still a slight risk of severe weather for the rest of the day into tonight for the same areas in the post below. There have already been a few thunderstorms this morning in the state. So some people didn’t get a lot of sleep after watching Election Results last night to get awakened …

There is a slight risk for severe weather for today and tonight for areas in Iowa west of a line from Forest City to Nevada to Centerville. The primary threats in Iowa will be large hail and possibly damaging winds. Tornadoes can not be ruled out at this time, but the better chances will be …

This is election day and the weather won’t be a worry for voting. Polls are open in Iowa until 9pm. There should be no problem heading out to the polls. There is still a slight risk of severe weather in Iowa for Wednesday for areas west of a line from Forest City to Marshalltown to …

Here are the record highs (tied or broken) so far for today. 76° at Des Moines (tied) 77° at Atlantic (broken) 73° at Dubuque (tied) 79° at Omaha NE (broken) 75° at Mason City (broken) As more reports come in this post will be updated. Also note Des Moines also broke the Highest Minimum temp …

At 1pm, all reporting stations in Iowa were in the 70s. Des Moines is at 75, only a degree away from tying the record high for the date. Mason City and Waterloo are only 2 and 3 degrees away. A few stations will likely break or tie the records for the date. A report on …

The next week could see a concoction of weather ranging from Tornadoes and large hail to snow. The week will start out very warm with record or near record highs Monday. Election Day will be a tad cooler but still well up in the 60s to low-mid 70s. Wednesday and Thursday will be the transition …

The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a large area in the middle of the country for the possibility of severe weather on Day 4 and 5 (Wednesday and Thursday of this coming week) Models continue to show a large storm system developing and moving through on those days. Tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds will …